Etymologies

Examples

The terms mesenchymal stem cell and stromal cell, both of which are most plausible cells for regenerative medicine, have been used interchangeably in emerging literature; we here re-organize our understanding on two MSC biology and further clinical trail in this review.

Experiments in cell cultures and in mice showed the adult stem cells — a type known as mesenchymal stem cells — could home in on cancer cells and deliver a lethal protein that attacked only the cancer while sparing normal healthy tissue.

According to orthopedic specialist Michael Zuscik of the University of Rochester, his early research suggests nicotine may be a key bone-damaging culprit - and that it does its dirty work almost immediately by affecting stem cells stored in the bone marrow, called mesenchymal stem cells, that move in to begin healing an injured bone.

Now, the new study, published in the August 12 issue of Nature, has revealed that HSCs pair up in the bone marrow with another type of stem cells, known as mesenchymal stem cells, which give rise to bone, cartilage, fat and other tissues.